by erik2 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:00 pm
Born and raised here..
Lived in Vegas, but with the exception of random-luck it didn't offer much economically.
I may move temporarily for a short time in the future, but I love the place and will die here. Â I enjoy watching this city grow up and have been incredibly enamored by the place. Â As I got older, I have learned that the O! is a better place all the time. Â I guess I have got wrapped up with all the surprises of how well we measure up to any place.
I have seen this city wake up from a 20 year slumber to a relatively fast growing city and will get to watch it even more as time passes by. Â I will get to watch more scrapers under construction, I will get to see the streetcar system be implemented, North Downtown become a major attraction and even a UFL product eventually turn into an NFL product (either directly or replaced by it)..
In a few years, I will get to see the usual underestimates be revised upward in the official count to over 900,000 with the addition of Dodge County (blah!) to the metro. Â I will get to see the 24 miles of fields between Omaha and Lincoln continue to shrink increasingly in speed, as each city keeps growing faster. Â In 2023 (outside chance in 2013) I will get to see Omaha and Lincoln merge into a single metropolitan area. Â By that year both Omaha and Lincoln's downtowns will be unrecognizable with all the new infrastructure in place. Â I will get to see Omaha surpass 1,000,000 without Lincoln by 2018 and 1,400,000 with Lincoln during the same year. Â By 2030 (when I am 50) I will see the Omaha-Lincoln (official for sure) metropolitan area inching towards 2,000,000 or more people. Â As we do so, i will still here people reference us as farmers and listen to arrogant southerners/coasters/chicagoans stick their nose in the air above me. Â But I am okay with that, because this city is built from people like myself. Â We like to build, we do run to a place that is already built only to become part of the rot.
Omaha/Lincoln will have several great academic institutions: Creighton, St Mary's, Bellevue University (I know, but for online it is highly respected), UNL will be long a Big-10 school, our Medical Research school will also see a boon from Big-10 affiliation let alone on it's own merits. Â A community college that continues to have national recognition.
If the UFL doesn't survive, we will have shown the world that we are a football city and state. Â The NFL will either taken in the UFL as a new division like the AFL in the 1960s, or we are a finalist for expansion. Â We will have another pro team in the next 15 years that is either NBA or Hockey. Â Major League Soccer is going to come either way. Â Nebraska football will continue as it always has, but with nearly 100,000 per game attendance (sitting at 87,000 now with many more begging to go).
I will get to see the small space between downtown and midtown close up with exciting new developments from either a car, streetcar, bus or shuttle. Â Old Mill-Regency becomes a new core for the city as a second major business concentration outside of downtown. Â The second high-rise is already under construction there and I will see at least a few more in the next 10-20 years.
I will be living in a condo in dowtown with my own website business soon as I am finishing up with a four year degree and a large library of reference books. Â I will get to read the papers and news on eomaha, growomaha, accessomaha and other sites about large new employer expansions and more incredible top-rankings that we seem to consistantly meet.
I will get to live many more winters, where I put on a few more articles of clothing to go walk to a movie or a resteraunt as I enjoy my night. Â I will continue to hear the complaints of our winters here, but I chuckle inside because I know as well as they do that it isn't that bad. Â We have the longest stretch of temperate temperatures from late February to early December. Â Our summers qualify has Spring for many areas around the country.
I love my city that I grew up in. Â I want to be there as a pillar (big or small) to help it in a positive way. Â I love this place and I will continue to be vocal, an advocate and a proud citizen of the most underrated city in the United States.
Born and raised here..
Lived in Vegas, but with the exception of random-luck it didn't offer much economically.
I may move temporarily for a short time in the future, but I love the place and will die here. Â I enjoy watching this city grow up and have been incredibly enamored by the place. Â As I got older, I have learned that the O! is a better place all the time. Â I guess I have got wrapped up with all the surprises of how well we measure up to any place.
I have seen this city wake up from a 20 year slumber to a relatively fast growing city and will get to watch it even more as time passes by. Â I will get to watch more scrapers under construction, I will get to see the streetcar system be implemented, North Downtown become a major attraction and even a UFL product eventually turn into an NFL product (either directly or replaced by it)..
In a few years, I will get to see the usual underestimates be revised upward in the official count to over 900,000 with the addition of Dodge County (blah!) to the metro. Â I will get to see the 24 miles of fields between Omaha and Lincoln continue to shrink increasingly in speed, as each city keeps growing faster. Â In 2023 (outside chance in 2013) I will get to see Omaha and Lincoln merge into a single metropolitan area. Â By that year both Omaha and Lincoln's downtowns will be unrecognizable with all the new infrastructure in place. Â I will get to see Omaha surpass 1,000,000 without Lincoln by 2018 and 1,400,000 with Lincoln during the same year. Â By 2030 (when I am 50) I will see the Omaha-Lincoln (official for sure) metropolitan area inching towards 2,000,000 or more people. Â As we do so, i will still here people reference us as farmers and listen to arrogant southerners/coasters/chicagoans stick their nose in the air above me. Â But I am okay with that, because this city is built from people like myself. Â We like to build, we do run to a place that is already built only to become part of the rot.
Omaha/Lincoln will have several great academic institutions: Creighton, St Mary's, Bellevue University (I know, but for online it is highly respected), UNL will be long a Big-10 school, our Medical Research school will also see a boon from Big-10 affiliation let alone on it's own merits. Â A community college that continues to have national recognition.
If the UFL doesn't survive, we will have shown the world that we are a football city and state. Â The NFL will either taken in the UFL as a new division like the AFL in the 1960s, or we are a finalist for expansion. Â We will have another pro team in the next 15 years that is either NBA or Hockey. Â Major League Soccer is going to come either way. Â Nebraska football will continue as it always has, but with nearly 100,000 per game attendance (sitting at 87,000 now with many more begging to go).
I will get to see the small space between downtown and midtown close up with exciting new developments from either a car, streetcar, bus or shuttle. Â Old Mill-Regency becomes a new core for the city as a second major business concentration outside of downtown. Â The second high-rise is already under construction there and I will see at least a few more in the next 10-20 years.
I will be living in a condo in dowtown with my own website business soon as I am finishing up with a four year degree and a large library of reference books. Â I will get to read the papers and news on eomaha, growomaha, accessomaha and other sites about large new employer expansions and more incredible top-rankings that we seem to consistantly meet.
I will get to live many more winters, where I put on a few more articles of clothing to go walk to a movie or a resteraunt as I enjoy my night. Â I will continue to hear the complaints of our winters here, but I chuckle inside because I know as well as they do that it isn't that bad. Â We have the longest stretch of temperate temperatures from late February to early December. Â Our summers qualify has Spring for many areas around the country.
I love my city that I grew up in. Â I want to be there as a pillar (big or small) to help it in a positive way. Â I love this place and I will continue to be vocal, an advocate and a proud citizen of the most underrated city in the United States.